Re: fsync on large files

jens@pinguin.conetix.de
Thu, 4 Feb 1999 15:54:27 +0100


On Sun, Jan 31, 1999 at 03:20:11AM +0100, Marco Ermini wrote:

> +A customer is reporting performance problems which might be
> +related to fsync() on big files ...
> For the 2.0.3x kernel series, there is already a patch at
> http://www.linuxmama.com that solves the fsync() on big files.

Might this be related to my Linux 2.1.131ac10 needing >10sec for deleting a
~700 MB file on a 4.3GB ext2fs partition?
(during which this partition is blocked - even "ls" stops)

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